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Doug Wallace

Toronto
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Doug Wallace’s Biography

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Talented and enterprising lifestyle editorial writer, advertising copywriter, contract magazine editor and custom-content authority for hire in the realms of: travel, food and beverage, fashion and skincare, home and entertaining, art and design. Recent clients include Destination Toronto, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Hurtigruten Expeditions, Tully Luxury Travel, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Today's Bride, IN Magazine, Renaissance Magazine, Ignite Magazine, The London Telegraph, So…

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13 Places to Eat and Drink in Quebec City - WestJet Magazine

13 Places to Eat and Drink in Quebec City - WestJet Magazine

Quebec City is just the right size to be cosmopolitan, while small enough to maintain a friendly, small-town …

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Where to Go in Toronto's Leslieville Neighbourhood

Where to Go in Toronto's Leslieville Neighbourhood

Its hip factor makes Leslieville a great place to spend an afternoon browsing its boutiques and bookstores, s…

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How to Survive the Middle Seat

How to Survive the Middle Seat

Like the old saying goes, the journey is as important as the destination, but if you waited until the last mi…

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This Might Just Be The Most Romantic Island Chain In The Caribbean

This Might Just Be The Most Romantic Island Chain In The Caribbean

Unhurried luxury awaits at the very bottom of the Grenadine island chain. So, too, do lush forest gardens, br…

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The Quebec Ice Hotel sparkles again

The Quebec Ice Hotel sparkles again

Built every January out of 30,000 tons of snow only to melt when the higher temps return, the Hôtel de Glace …

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Airstream trailer hotels? It's so crazy it just might work!

Airstream trailer hotels? It's so crazy it just might work!

The first one was built in 1929 and the appeal has never worn off. The iconic Airstream trailer has become a …

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No Phones, Black Gloves, and Aquavit: How an 18-Course Dinner Shattered Stockholm’s Polite Surface

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By Loren Christie, Vivian Vassos Verified, Doug Wallace
| BOLD Traveller Verified
I SPENT MY LAST BIRTHDAY in Stockholm, Sweden, with my niece Kit, doing a bump in the kitchen of a celebrated local eatery called Punk Royale. But it’s not what you think. When we arrived for our reservation at this hole in the wall in the city’s Södermalm neighbourhood, the door swung open to a small and darkly lit space overflowing with pounding music, neon lights and blasts of smoke from a ceiling-mounted smoke machine.
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I often feel bad saying no to an invite. What’s the right way to decline? What would Doug do?

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By Doug Wallace
| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified
Doug Wallace is a Toronto-based lifestyle writer and editor-publisher of TravelRight.Today. He is a consummate entertainer and social convener with strong opinions — and razor-sharp common sense. Ask your lifestyle etiquette questions at etiquette@thestar.com. Good for you for taking charge of your life and not indiscriminately succumbing to every invitation that lands in your lap. I encourage this selectivity. Sometimes, free wine is not a good enough reason to iron a shirt.
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Want a beach vacation, rainforest escape or cultural immersion? In Belize, you can have it all Original

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By Doug Wallace
| The Toronto Star Verified
“We see dolphins about seven days out of 10, and I can pretty much guarantee stingrays and a manatee or two,” says Akeem Williams, owner of the tour company Cultural Experience Belize. He has just surfaced from a quick freedive, appearing with a lobster on the other end of his spear. It lands in the cooler with our drinks and will eventually end up on the barbecue for lunch.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was Music Editor of Venue magazine, an arts and culture glossy based in Toronto

Have you ever used a typewriter?

My first job. I wrote radio commercials on an IBM electric, which had an italics ball. Two fonts!

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Clark Kent